California · Census place 49670
Mountain View city, CA
Quick answer
Mountain View city has 82,363 residents, ranking #105 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $179,917, the median home is worth $1,927,400 and median gross rent runs $2,975 a month.
- Population
- 82,363Mountain View city residents
- Median household income
- $179,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,927,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,975Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 38.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mountain View city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mountain View city median would spend about 19.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 10.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.5% of residents and 38.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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